The Board has ordered a remand to obtain an updated medical opinion regarding the etiology of the veteran's right leg/knee disability, including whether it is related to service or aggravated by his service-connected right ankle/foot disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was not provided with all relevant records and did not address both direct and secondary service connection aspects of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg/knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0803088
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
Your appeals for service connection of left ankle and right leg/knee disabilities have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to missing or presumed destroyed service treatment records and inadequate VA opinions. The Veteran's in-service incident is also being investigated.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including right hip, leg/knee, and neurological conditions, as secondary to a service-connected lumbar spine disability. The Veteran is also being asked to provide tax returns to support his claim for TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for lumbar spine, right leg/knee, right ankle, and right foot disabilities. The decision stated that there was no evidence linking these conditions to service or any presumptive exposure.
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